Kwik Paint Stix

I know it's been forever since I posted something other than a sale but I found a really cool item I just had to share. I went to Grandparent's Day at my grandson's school and got to visit the art class. They had these REALLY COOL paint sticks to paint with. I'm probably late to the party and you all ready know about them. They were so fun that I just had to come home and order some for myself.

They come in a 12 count or 24 count pack with lots of bright colors. They dry almost instantly. They look just like a glue stick but instead of sticky they are paint. They only cost a little more than a pack of markers. You can get them at Amazon.com HERE

My grandchildren LOVE using them!

 I can think of lots of ways I could use these in my classroom from tracing letters & numbers to writing spelling or sight words.

THANKS Mrs. Olds at North Point Elementary in Lehi, Utah for introducing me (and my grandsons) to these cool paint sticks. 

Halloween Fun & Watercolor Pencils

I SURVIVED!!

Trying to put my 'game face' on to get through the day.

 Anyone involved with kids should know that Halloween definitely needs to be on a Friday. My little ones were CRAZY on Friday after a late night of spookiness and sugar! But we all survived and I'm looking forward to Monday and getting some serious teaching done.

Our art teacher introduced me to a cool thing called watercolor pencils.

If you click on the picture above it will link you to Amazon.com.

Mine came in the mail on Saturday from Amazon so I had some of my grandkids try them out.

They thought they were pretty cool. You can use them several different ways. You can color a picture with the pencils just like regular colored pencils and then brush over it with water for a watercolor effect. Or you can use it as a wet pencil as we did for the face painting. The box also suggests wetting your paper first and then drawing on the wet paper with the pencils but this way didn't work for us as the wet paper would rip. The overall rating from the Livi, Anna, and Jarom was "AWESOME, COOL, and FANTASTIC!" Now we'll see how my firsties rate them.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween and you're ready for a wonderful week for teaching!